Since they wouldn't stop talking about TV, we just shoved a microphone in front of them and hit record. Listen as aspiring British screenwriters and comedians Dan Doolan and Chris Billingham indulge in their obsession and attempt to dissect the ever evolving world of television. Featuring news, reviews and recommendations.
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311. You could fry an egg on that hot take
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent news including David Fincher taking on Squid Game, Sophie Turner in talks to play Lara Croft, Ludwig being renewed and yet another reason Disney continues to be the absolute worst. Plus we review The Office Australia, The Penguin and Agatha All Along.
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent TV news including some clarification on Doctor Who's third season renewal, Aardman Animation bringing Pingu back, more Rick and Morty episodes ordered and a new show from Rachel Bloom. Plus we review English Teacher and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.…
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309. How many times can I watch Uncle Ben die?
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This week Dan and Chris discuss some recent TV news; including Sugar being renewed while That 90's Show and Velma were cancelled, plus we talk about that Abbott Elementary and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia crossover we didn't know we wanted. We also review two new crime dramedies in Ludwig and Bad Monkey. Plus 15 minutes of Rewind Review relate…
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308. Sunny, Heels and The Golden Cobra
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent TV news; including Time Bandits and Chucky being cancelled, how Disney spent way too much money on The Acolyte and casting news for Avatar The Last Airbender, One Piece, Black Mirror and Lanterns. Plus we review Sunny, The Golden Cobra, and the recently relaunched wrestling drama Heels.…
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent news including some One Piece casting news, Only Murders In The Building being renewed and Netflix's possible next venture into 'Live' TV. Plus we review Terminator Zero and Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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306. We are NOT recommending the music of Coldplay, but we do respect them.
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent TV news, including the cancellations of The Acolyte and Dead Boy Detectives, casting indicates Ted Lasso Season 4 might be happening, and a possible delay for the sixteenth series of Doctor Who. Plus we review Time Bandits and A Good Girls Guide To Murder.…
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent news; including trailers and updates from D23, more information about X-men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo's mysterious exit, the future of Ted Lasso and a streaming service finally turns profit. Plus we review Batman: Caped Crusader and Presumed Innocent.
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This week Dan and Chris catch up on some recent news including some bits from the first day of SDCC, more Max originals moving to HBO, lots of renewals and cancellations, Michael C Hall returning as Dexter in two different shows and Apple reportedly reining in their TV spending. Plus we review the Acolyte and Douglas is Cancelled.…
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This week Dan and Chris review a bunch of new comedies they missed over the last year to decide which deserves our remaining static award. We discuss a large number of shows such as Extended Family, Ted, Queen of Oz, The Change, The Power of Parker, Mammoth, Things You Should Have Done, Dinosaur and Such Brave Girls.…
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This week Dan and Chris exclusively discuss all the news they missed over the last month. Including an update on the second season of Beef, the future of Arcane, The Boys, Resident Alien and House of the Dragon, The Acolyte's viewership figures and a big strategy shift for Max as several originals move to HBO. Including Harry Potter, Welcome To Der…
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This week Dan and Chris are diving into the new era of Doctor Who in this bonus episode. This week we're tackling the Fifteenth Doctors first full series, with an episode by episode breakdown and overall thoughts.
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300. The Thirteenth Annual Static Awards
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To celebrate 12 years of this podcast, it's time for our Thirteenth Annual Static Awards, our fictional TV awards show which is really just a poor excuse to recap the year in TV. We both nominate shows for each award and debate who should win. Awards are meaningless, but this podcast is fun. We promise.…
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This week Dan and Chris start by discussing some recent TV News, including a bunch of announcments from Amazon's up fronts, the cast of Dexter: Original Sin announced and the return of BBC comedy Outnumbered. Plus very timely reviews of X-men '97, Baby Reindeer, Dark Matter and Sugar.
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298. Breaking Bad Retrospective (Season One)
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This week Dan and Chris take another break from their normal structure to start a new season-by-season retrospective,. This time we're taking a look at Season One of Breaking Bad. Is this show as good as history remembers it? Was the DNA of what this show became there from the start? And how much did the writers strike affect the direction and qual…
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297. This Movie Does Not Have A Safe Word
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This week Dan and Chris start by discussing some recent TV News, including Peacock ordering a spin-off of The Office, Netflix developing a live action Scooby Doo series, and one final Gavin and Stacy episode is happening. Plus reviews of Knuckles, Conan Must Go and the baffling effort that is Unfrosted.…
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This week Dan and Chris start by discussing some recent TV News, including Steve Carell and Tina Fey reuniting, Severence season two definitely exists, and more evidence that everyones loosing money all the time. We then take some time to review Amazon's Fallout and Still: The Michael J Fox Story. Yes, we're getting to that last one very late indee…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last weeks TV news, including some shows, including Fallout being renewed, a celebrity version of The Traitors and a surprising decision from Netflix. Plus, we review some shows we should have covered ages ago in Quiet on Set, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office and Jet Lag The Game.…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including the Among Us cast, Chance Perdomo's tragic passing, Disney's proxy battle, Welcome to Wrexham's delay and the inexplicable decision to develop ANOTHER Heroes reboot. Plus we go down under for an Australia centric episode where we review No Activity, Wellmania, and the absolute…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including Snowpiercer being revived, the Among Us cast announced, some renewals and WAY TOO MUCH Doctor Who talk. Plus, we review two historical fiction pieces in Shogun and Masters Of The Air.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including the renewal of The Last Airbender, the passing of legend Akira Toriyama, the upcoming Baywatch reboot and the fates of Our Flag Means Death and Upload. Plus, on Oscars weekend we review some streaming movies we missed from the last year in Maestro and Killers of the Flower Moo…
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291. He heard something about a flying cow near Kyoshi island, so he set sail at dawn
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including Pokemon Concierge getting a second season, why actors keep getting tricked into things, a Bewitched reboot, a Suits Spin off and how in the world the Frasier reboot got renewed. Plus we review Mr And Mrs Smith before tackling the big one, first impressions of the Netflix Avata…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including fresh woes for the UK's Channel 4, a handful of shows being renewed and what's going on with that Harry Potter series. Plus we review Percy Jackson And The Olympians and In The Know!
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including John Stewarts return to The Daily Show, WWE's new Netflix deal and Doctor Who companion shenanigans. Plus we review Pokémon Concierge, Monarch Legacy of Monsters, The Curse and Echo.
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288. Who Review 5: Bumper 60th Anniversary Edition
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This week Dan and Chris are bringing listeners a bonus episode. Throughout December they reviewed all four Doctor Who specials on the Nothing But Static YouTube channel. These reviews have been gathered here for those wishing to listen to them via a podcast app. Enjoy, if you're into that sort of thing. Otherwise we'll see you next week for a regul…
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This week Dan and Chris attempt to catch up on the last few weeks of news and boy is there alot to get though. From the cancellation of Minx and Our Flag Mean's Death, to Last Of Us and Daredevil casting news. Plus whatever is going on with this Mandalorian movie, The Office potentially returning, One Piece getting ANOTHER anime series and what hap…
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286. Lost Retrospective (Season Six)
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This week Dan and Chris take another break from their normal structure to complete their season-by-season retrospective of Lost. In this pre recorded episode, we're taking a look at the final season and finally attempting to answer the biggest question of all, did Lost really leave lots of it's questions unanswered? Regular service will resume next…
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285. Chris, Dan and Terry Talk Christmas
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This week Dan and Chris discuss a little bit of TV news before getting side tracked discussing Seinfeld for no real reason at all. Then we get to the main event, our yearly trawl throught the british TV guide to see what's actually on traditional television this Christmas. (Really sorry about the buzzing noise that starts 18ish minutes in. I was no…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including some cancellations and renewals, plus Apple and Paramount potentially bundling their services. Also we review Good Burger 2, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and Blue Eye Samurai.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including a look at the deal that ended the SAG-AFTRA strike, a handful of TV shows being renewed, a new Steven Moffat comedy and Warner Brothers generally being terrible again. Plus we review Scavangers Reign and Bodies.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including an update on the actors strike, Superman and Lois coming to an end, Futurama and Traitors being renewed and the state of Marvel in the wake of the new trailer for Echo. Plus we review new animated comedy Krapopolis and the new Hulu adaptation of Goosebumps.…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including why the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, the cancellation of The Afterparty and BBC Daytime show Doctors. Then we review The Boys spin off Gen V and Hulu film No One Will Save You.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including a potential Cyberpunk 2077 show and Only Murders In The Building being renewed; plus we analyse the deal that ended the writers strike. Then we review The Continental and Mawaan Rizwan's new BBC Comedy Juice.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including updates on the writers/actors strike, and a handfull of shows being cancelled and renewed. We then review new series One Piece and Ahsoka.
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278. Lost Retrospective (Season Five)
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This week Dan and Chris take another break from their normal structure to continue their season-by-season retrospective of Lost. In this pre recorded episode, we're taking a look at Season Five. Regular service will resume next episode.
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277. Just Call It "Twisted Metal and Strange Planet" (That'll Do)
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including updates on the writers/actors strike, more projects effected and some new trailers. Plus we review Twisted Metal and Strange Planet.
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276. No Dosh No Dan, No Cool No Chris
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including everything being delayed as a result of the strikes, an update on the Lando series and rumors regarding why Secret Invasion was such a mess. Plus we review a bunch of shows we've recently caught up on, including Succession, Barry, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Bear, Sweet Tooth, G…
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275. We talk about stuff... (Hijack, Secret Invasion, Superman)
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks worth of news. Plus we review My Adventures With Superman, Hijack, and then finally we lament Secret Invasion's existence. Spoiler alert for Secret Invasion.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including the impact of the actors strike, the announcement of an Among Us animated series and an update on Shrunk. Plus we review two new shows in Secrets of the Mogwai and Silo.
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This week Dan and Chris review review a bunch of animated shows and films they missed over the last year to decide which deserve our three remaining static awards. We discuss a large number of shows such as Owl House, Bee and Puppycat, Dead End: Paranormal Park, Star Wars Visions, Primal, Star Trek Lower Decks, Star Trek Prodigy and several more.…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks worth of news, including updates on shows and movies effected by the writers strike and all the corporate nonsense that's leading to shows being vanished for tax write offs. Plus, renewal and cancellation news from the last few weeks.
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271. The Twelfth Annual Static Awards
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To celebrate 11 years of this podcast, it's time for our Twelfth Annual Static Awards, our fictional TV awards show which is really just a poor excuse to recap the year in TV. We both nominate shows for each award and debate who should win on the show.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks worth of news, including updates on shows effected by the writers strike, and the madness of Disney+ removing several shows. But first Dan has way too much fun dissecting some drunk voicenotes from Chris in a very self indulgent segment thats more from him than the listeners.…
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269. I Like It When Characters Character
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This week Dan and Chris break down the WGA Writers Strike and it's implications on the future of TV and Film. We discuss the WGA's demands, projects currently confirmed to be effected and we read through some of Dan's favourite picket signs. We then review Ghosted, The Big Door Prize and Colin From Accounts.…
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268. This Podcast Is Hard Work (For You)
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including the cancellation of The National Treasure show no ones watching and Amazon attempting to squeeze IP out of their expensive MGM accquisition. Plus we review, Jury Duty, Beef, Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe and Power Rangers Once and Always.…
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including Star Wars Celebration announcements, Doctor Who casting and BBC's Ghosts ending on a high. Finally we review Luther: The Fallen Sun, Hello Tomorrow and Fleishman Is in Trouble.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss the last few weeks of TV News, including the Good Burger sequel, Taskmaster Junior and the return of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Plus we review some shows we missed in Kevin Can Fuck Himself, Bad Sisters and White Lotus.
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265. Also Not Presenting Match Of The Day
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This week Dan and Chris discuss TV News from the last few weeks, including the controversy at the BBC and incredible ratings growth for The Last Of Us. Plus we review Shrinking, Extraordinary and Rian Johnson's new murder procedural Poker Face.
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Happy Valley Series Three Spoiler Review (Bonus Episode)
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In this bonus episode, Dan and Chris break down the third and final season of Happy Valley, including the epic final episode. Was this a satisfying end to the show? Were some of the subplots concluded too quickly? Was it worth the wait? Check it out to hear our thoughts.
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This week Dan and Chris discuss as much news as they can manage from the last few months of TV. Plus we review The Last Of Us, Kelidoscope, That 90's Show and Deep Fake Neighbour Wars.
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263. Lost Retrospective (Season Four)
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This week Dan and Chris finally return now Dan has a functioning laptop. This time to continue their season-by-season retrospective of Lost. In this episode, we're taking a look at Season Four, regular service will resume in two weeks when we'll be tackling news and reviewing some of the newest and biggest shows around, or something.…
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